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This wiki is a growing repository of plain text accounting journal entries and small examples for all PTA tools, complementing plaintextaccounting.org. Trying to figure out the right bookkeeping entries for a situation ? Check below for a page matching your need, or ask for it in the #plaintextaccounting chat and we'll add it. Or, add it yourself - log in to Github and click Edit / New page. Here's more About this wiki.

Not using plain text accounting software ? You might still find it useful to see double-entry bookkeeping transactions in the PTA notation.

Here's a rough list of topics covered and needed:

• Borrowing and Lending
• Budgeting
• Depreciation
• Forecasting
• Importing data
• Inventory
• Investing and trading
  • Restricted Stock Units
• Invoicing
• Mortgages
• Multiple currencies
• Non-profit accounting
• Recording dates
• Shared expenses
  • Splitting Rent and Utilities
  • Splitting the bill
• Taxes
  • Personal income and taxes
• Time tracking
• Trip expenses

Other things in this wiki:

• Don't Sink Your First Attempts at Plaintext Accounting.

Similar content elsewhere:

• https://plaintextaccounting.org/#common-tasks
• https://beancount.github.io/docs/command_line_accounting_cookbook.html
• https://hledger.org/cookbook.html
• https://github.com/ledger/ledger/wiki
• https://www.reddit.com/r/plaintextaccounting